Blue Shield of California

Blue Shield of California Bulletin on Bank Closures

Blue Shield of California is aware of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank (SB) closures by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and that the FDIC established the Deposit Insu...

Blue Shield of California: The Hybrid Virtual Blue℠ Model Is Much More Than A Telehealth Offering

Blue Shield built their new virtual-first plan Virtual Blue℠ to meet the higher expectations of your clients and their employees during a new era of healthcare delivery. Virtual Blue is redefining vir...

Blue Shield of California Pharmacy Drug Cost Reporting (RxDC): Collecting D1 Premium Data

Last month, brokers and groups received an email communication stating they would be responsible for submitting D1 Premium and Life year data (D1) to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CM...

Blue Shield of California COVID-19 Update: End of the Public Health Emergency

On January 31, 2023, the Biden Administration announced that the federal public health emergency (PHE) will officially end May 11, 2023. Fully-Insured Group Plans and IFP Plans Impacts to fully-...

Blue Shield of California New Virtual Blue Plans

New Virtual BlueSM plan provides high quality, high value virtual care Blue Shield is excited to announce the launch of Virtual BlueSM, their new virtual-first plan. Virtual Blue addresses the heal...

Blue Shield of California Pharmacy Drug Cost Reporting (RxDC) Update

Original message below is from January communication, be sure to read about changes to this communication announced in February. Blue Shield of California has successfully submitted 2020 and 2...

Blue Shield of California: Rady Children’s Health Network and Hospitals Successful Contract Negotiation

Blue Shield of California and Blue Shield of California Promise Health have reached contract agreements with Rady Children’s Health Network and Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego County. Blue Shiel...

Blue Shield of California Summary of Benefits Updated with New Deductible Amounts for 3 PPO Savings Plans

Blue Shield recently updated their 2023 Summary of Benefits (SBCs) with increased embedded individual deductibles for three PPO Savings plans. The new in-network deductible amount is $3,000 for each p...

Blue Shield of California Commission Updates

The Blue Shield Commission Schedule and Producer Agreement for 2023 are available now on Broker Connection, where you can also access sales materials, tools, and up-to-date information about Blue Shie...

Blue Shield of California Q2 2023 Updates

Blue Shield is pleased to announce the Q2 2023 rate book is now available on the dedicated Rates page of Broker Connection. The second-quarter 2023 rate action is a statewide average of 1.9%. Quoting ...

Blue Shield of California Choice Medical Group Successful Contract Negotiation

Choice Medical Group Successful Contract Negotiation Blue Shield of California has agreed to a multiyear provider contract negotiation with Choice Medical Group Apple Valley and Choice Medical Grou...